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INDEX TO EVENTS. 

PAGE. 

After the Revolution 21 

Attack by Confederate Gunboats o3 

Baptist Church 9 

Battle of Fort Moultrie 17 

Batteries in the Citv 48 

Bells of St. Michael's 17 

Bethel Church 25 

Blockade Be^un 33 

Blockade, Imperfect 37 

Calhoun's Burial Phice 9 

Cathedral, Roman Catholic 27 

Central Market 25 

Charleston Evacuated 48 

Charleston Incorporated 1783 21 

Charleston Library 15 

Charles Town Under the King 13 

Charles Town Settled 7 

Citadel 29 

City Hall 23 

College of Charleston 27 

Confederate Period 31 

Court House 23 

English Church established 7 

First Gun of the War fired 31 

Fort Johnson attacked 45 

Fort Moultrie, Battle of 17 

Fort Moultrie evacuated 31 

Fort Moultrie, Naval Attack on 43 

Fort Sumter, Attack by Small boats •••43 

Fort Sumter Bombarded 31 

Fort Sumter, Explosion of Magazine 45 

Fort Sumter demolished 39 

Fort Sumter Surrendered by U. S. Troops 31 

Fort Sumter, First Minor Bombardment 43 

Fort Sumter, Second Great Bombardment 45 

Fort Sumter, Third Minor Bembardment 45 

Fort Wagner, Assault on 39 

General Washington at the Exchange 19 

Gunboat Isaac Smith captured 33 

Guns of Keokuk recovered 37 

High School 21 

Housatonic Sunk 45 

Huguenot Church 9 

Independent (Presbyterian) Church 9 

Iron-Clad Squadron Repulsed 35 

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INDEX TO EVENTS. 

PAGE. 

Ironsides, Attempt to Blow-up 45 

James Island Attacked 47 

James Jsland, Fighting On 46 

John's Island, Flghtin^On 46 

Lords Proprietors, Charleston Under 7 

Mao:azine— Old 21 

Marsh Battery Constructed 39 

Medical College 29 

Monitor Patapsco 8unk 47 

Morris Island Attacked 37 

Morris Island Evacuated 41 

Old Postoffice or Exchange 19 

Old Town — Foundation and Site 7 

Orphan House 23 

Oyster Point Town — Founded 7 

Presbyterian Church, 2d 15 

Pringie House 19 

Quaker Meeting House 11 

Revolution of 1719 13 

Revolutionary Lines on Marion Square 29 

Revolutionary War 17 

Running the Blockade 33 

iSecessionville — Battle of. 33 

Secession — Ordinance of, Passed 31 

Smith, Langrave Thomas — his Home 11 

South Carolina Military Academy 29 

South Carolina Society 15 

Stono Inlet and Islands Occupied by U. S, Forces 33 

St. Andrew's Society .' 13 

St. John's Lutheran Church 25 

St. Mary's Church !.....25 

St. Michael's Church 17 

St. Philip's Church Burned.... .'..!]!.*..*....'..' 9 

St. Philip's Church and Parish 7 

Swamp Angel 48 

Synagogue 27 

Topography of Charleston in 1704 11 

Tradd's House ]!....!*.ll 

Unitarian Church 25 

Washington Entertained 21 

William Pitt— Statue of V.". .V.V.V.V.V.* '.21 

Wm. Washington House ............19 



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INDEX T>0 PLACES, 

PAGE. 

Archdale St., near Clifford— Unitarian Church 25 

Archdale and Clifford ISts.— St, John's Lutheran Church 25 

Ashley Kiver. West of City 7 

Broad Street, 1st shoi struck at No. 12 48 

Broad and Church Sts., Charleston Library Buildino; 15 

Broad and Friend Sts. — Catholic Cathedral . 27 

Broad and Meeting Sts— St. Michael's, formerly St. Philip's. 7 

Broad St., opposite Orange — St. Andrew's Hall... 13 

Bull's Ba3% Union demonstration on 48 

Calhoun Street, Battery at foot of. 48 

Calhoun and fet. Philip Sts.— Orphan House ,.^23 

Charleston Bar — Kunning the Blockade 33 

Church St., bet. Cumberland & Queen, St. Philip's Church.. 7 

Church and Queen bts., Huguenot Church 9 

Church street, near Tradd, House where Washington was 

entertained 21 

Church Street, near Water— Baptist Church 9 

Cole's Island — occupied 35 

Cumberland Street, Battery at foot of 48 

Cumberland Street— Old Magazine 21 

East Bay — JEastern Boundary 11 

East Bay and Broad Sts. — Exchange 11 and 19 

East Bay and Longitude Lane— Landgrave Smith's house 11 

East Bay and Tradd Sts. — Tradd House 11 

Folly Island — occupied 35 

Fort Moultrie, Attack on 43 

Fort Moultrie, Evacuation of 31 

Fort Sumter 43, 45, 46, 47 

*' Attack by Small Boats 43 

" " Bombardment by Confederates 31 

" " Demolished and Silenced 39 

•' " Explosion of Magazine 45 

" " Surrender demanded 41 

George and St. Philip Sts., Charleston College 27 

Hasel 8t. near King, St. Mary's Church 25 

Hasel St. near King, Synagogue 27 

Harbor, Attack by Gunboats 33 

Harbor, Guns of Keokuk recovered 37 

Harbor, Housatonic tSunk 45 

Harbor Obstruction 35 

Harbor, Patapsco Sunk 47 

Harbor, Kepuise of Iron-clad Squadron 35 

Harbor, Torpedoes 39 

James Island Attacked 47 

James Island, Battle of Secessionville 33 



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INDEX TO PLACES. 

PAGE 

James Island, Fiofbtins: on 46 

James Island, Fort Johnson Attacked 46 

John's Island, Fiofhtino; on. 46 

King Street near Lamboll, Prinorle House 19 

Kino: Street near Queen, Quaker Meetino: House 11 

King Street near South Battery. Two Guns 48 

Laurens Street, Battery at foot of 48 

Marion Square, Citadel 29 

Marion Square — Remnants of old Revolutionar}' Line 29 

Meeting Street near Cumberland, Circular Church 9 

Meeting Street n^ar Tradd.. South Carolina Society Hall 15 

Meeting Street, Western Boundary 11 

Meeting and Broad Streets, City Hall ,....23 

Meeting and Broad Streets, Court-House 23 

Meeting and Broad Streets, N. E. Corner, Public Market 11 

Meeting and Broad Streets, St. Michael's Church 17 

Meeting and Broad Streets, S. E. Corner, St. Michael's, for- 
merly St. Philip's 7 

Meeting and George Streets, High School 27 

Meeting and Market Streets. Central Market 25 

Meetinsr and Tradd Streets Second Presbyterian Church 15 

Morris Island, Attack on Southern End 37 

Morris Island, Battery Gregg 41. 

Morris Island Evacuation 41 

Morris Island, Fort Wagner 37-38 

Morris Island, Star of the West Battery 31 

Morris and James Island, Marsh Battery between 39 

Old Town Creek, near Oyster Point 7 

Oyster Point, Original Site of City.. 7 

Pitt and Calhoun Streets, Bethel Church 25 

Queen and Church Streets, Huguenot Church 9 

Queen Street, opposite Franklin, Medical College 29 

South Carolina In.stitute Hall, Secession Ordinance Rati- 
fied 31 

South Battery and Church Street, Wm. Washington House..l9 

St. And!"ew's Hall, Secession Convention met 31 

Stono Inlet, Occupied 33 

Stono River. Capture of Isaac Smith 33 

Sullivan's Island— Fort Moultrie 17 

Tradd Street— Battery at Chisolm's Mill 48 

Vander Horst Creek — Southern Boundary 11 

Washington Square— Statue ofWm. Pitt, W. L. I. Monu- 
ment 21 

Water Street Southern Boundary 11 

White Point Garden — Battery Ramsey.. 48 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT, 

LEADING FURNITURE DEALER, 

AND HOUSE FURITISHER, 

211, 213, 215 King St. CHAELESTON, S. C. 

I am now offering everything needed by the house-keeper at the 
LOWEST PRICES. I give you good easy terms and offer a new and 
complete line of 

Furnitnre, Stoves, Shades, Chamber Sets, Clocks, 

in fact everything can be bought from me. I Buy Close and Sell at a 
Low Profit. It will pay you to call and examine my stock and get 
prices before purchasing elsewhere ; my facilities are such that I carry 
a large and varied stock to select from. Don't fail to call ; you will 
not regret it. I gi^ e honest goods for honest money, and have always 
been the Poor Man's Friend. 

A. S. THOjVlflS, 

211, 213, 215 Kin^ Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. 



ARTISTS. 

W. D. Clark, 265 King st. 

BANKS. 

Aaierican Savings Bank, 35 Broad Street, Capital $15,000. 
Surplus $14,000. VV. M. Connor, President ; T. M. McTureous, 
Cashier. Directors— W. M. Connor, B. A. Hagood, \V. P. Sel- 
lers, T. G. Disher. 

Bank of Charleston, N. B. A. Broad and State Sts Capi- 
ital §300,000. Surplus, and undivided profits, !i^lOO,000 E. H. 
Pringle, President ; M. W, Wilson, Casl)ier ; Directors, E. H. 
Pringle, Geo. A. Wagener, A. S. Smith, J. M. Seignous, A. 
M. Lee. 

Carolina Savings Bank, Broad and East Bay. Capital and 
resources $1,83V), 061,57. George W. Williams, President;, 
Cieorge W. Williams, Jr., Vice-President; Henry P. Williams^ 
Cashier. 

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(^l^arlesfon under \\iq bords proprietors. 

Old Town on the West Bank of the Ashley . 

The first permanent settlers in Carolina were English 
Emigrants sent out by the Ijords Proprietors under the 
leadership of Col. William Sayle. They arrived in the year 
1670 and established themselves on the West Bank of the 
Ashley River, a little above Wappoo Creek, and there laid 
out a town which they called Charles Town. Of this noth- 
thing now remains but a ditch or two, said to mark some of 
the old sites, and the name " Old Town Creek," character- 
izing the creek which formed one of the boundaries. The 
land covered by the town is now a farm owned by Mr. Ed- 
ward T. Legare. 

Oyster Point Town. 

This settlement being soon found inconvenient, its in- 
habitants began to move across the river and downward 
to Oyster Point at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper 
Rivers, and in 1G72 Lots were laid out there. By the year 
1677, they had a settlement large enough to need a name, 
and they called it Oyster Jt^oint Town, 

New Charles-Town . 

In 1680 the seat of government was removed to the new 
settlement which was then known as New Charlestown, and 
in the next two years the original settlement was practically 
abandoned, and the town took its name of Charles Town 
which it retained until its incorporation under its present 
designation in 1783. 

The English Church— St. Philip's Parish. 

When the new town was "laid out the lot at the South- 
East Corner of what are now Broad and Meeting Streets — 
the present site of St Michael's Church — was assigned to 
the English Church, and in 1681-2 a wooden building was 
there erected, the Parish being designated St. Philip's. In 
1711, an Act was passed for building a new Church of brick, 
on the site of the present St. Philip's, East side of Church 
Street, between Queen and Cumberland Streets. It was 
opened for service in 1723, and was regarded as one of the 
finest churches in America. On February 15th, 1835, this 
beautiful old building, the most valuable, historically, in 
Charleston, perhaps in all the South, was completely de- 



ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



Richard J. Morris, 

130 KING STREET. 

A FULL LINE OF 

Stoves, Grates and I^anges, 

AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. 

^ THE OIL 

Sole Assent for ^_^ _ 

1 GAS STOVE, 



ALSO, 

Imm hn, k hm I louse Fmisliiiie Sools. 

Premium Tickets Given with all Cash Purchases 
Telephone No. 22. 

BANKS. 

Enterprise Bank, 201 Kiug street. Capital, $50,000; sur- 
plus, $»),000; J. J. Wescoat, Prest. ; W. G. Harvey, Jr., Cashier. 
Directors : J. J. Wescoat, N. A Hunt, Ed. Anderson, W. 
H. Welch, R. B. Lebby, A. S. Brown, T. S. Wilbur, AV. Hartz, 
J. H. Jahnz. 

Hibernia Savings Bank, 42 Broad Street. Capital 5530,000 ; 
surplus $12,000 ; undivided profits $5,500. F. Q. O'Neill, Presi- 
dent. J. J. O'Connell, Cashier; J. E. Burke, Solicitor. Direc- 
tors— B. O'Neill, T. R. McGahan, J. F. Redding, S. Fogarty, 
M. Revel, D. O'Brien, F. Q. O'Neill. 

People's National Bank, 15 Broad Street. Capital $250,000; 
surplus $125,000 ; undivided profits $58,000. C. O. Witte, 
President, E. H.Sparknian, Cashier. Directors— C. O. Witte, 
Alva Gage, C. H. Drayton, A. B. Murray, A. F. C. Cramer, 
Joseph Thompson, W. B. Whaley, J. F. Redding, E. H. 
Sparkman, Samuel Lapham. 

Security Savings Bank, 15 Broad Street. Capital $50,000. 
C. 0. Witte, President ; E. H. Sparkman, Cashier. Directors — 
C. O. Witte, A. B. Murray, Joseph Thompson, J, N. Nathans, 
E. H. Sparkman, C. H. Drayton. 



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stroyed by fire. The present edifice was opened for wor- 
ship 3rd May, 1838. Many interesting monuments of dis- 
tinguished citizens may be seen in tlie church-yard, and 
neyr ihe centre of the "Western cemetery rest the remains 
of Carolina's greatest son, John C. Calhoun. 

The fine chime of bells belonging to this Church were 
cast into cannon during the late war. 

The Independent Church— The Presbyterians : 

In 1682 the Independents and the Presbyterians estab- 
lished a church. In an early Plan we find "The Indepen- 
dent Church" on the site on the East side of Meeting 
Street below Cumberland, now occupied by the Congre- 
gational ist Church. There was erected about 1790, a 
wooden building, known to the community as the 'White 
Meeting House, and which probably irave the name to 
Meeting Street. This was replaced in 1804 by the '"Circular 
Church," so called from its peculiar construction. This 
handsome building was destroyed by the great fire De- 
cember, 1861, and the congregation worshipped in a small 
chapel erected in the grounds until the completion of the 
present church in 1890. 

In the cemetery which runs back to that of St. Philip's 
are to be found the memorials of the founders of the Church 
and of many eminent citizens. 

The Baptist Church, 

West side Church street, above Water street. The organ- 
ganization of the Baptists in Charleston dates back to the 
year 1685. In 1G99, lot No. 62, in the original plan of Charles- 
Town, was given by William Elliott to the congregation, 
and a churcli building erected on it. This was replaced by 
the present building of the First Baptist Church, de-cribed 
by Mills in his Statistics of So. Ca., (1826) as exhibiting 
" the best specimen of correct taste in architecture of the 
modern buildings in this city." 

Representing the original organization of the Baptists, 
its cemetery and the tablets on its walls exhibit the memo- 
rials of the founders of that denomination in Carolina. 

The Huguenots, French Protestant Church, 

South East corner Church and Queen Streets. Among 
the first settlers of the Province, there were French Protes- 
tants, and in 1680 some others arrived. But the principal 
and largest immigration of Huguenots was in the year 
immediately following the Revocation of the Edict of 
Nantes, (1685). 

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J. R. JOHNSON & SON, 
^ Hatters. ^ 

MEN'S FURNISHERS, _ 



UMBRELLA MANUFACTURERS.:*. 



2o3 KING ST., opp» Hasell. 



BANKS. 

South Carolina Loan and Trust Company, 17 Broad Street. 
Authorized Capital $500,000 ; paid up $250,000. E. H. Frost, 
President; F. A. Mitchell, Cashier. Directors— G. L. Buist, 
A. Canale, E. H. Frost, S. R. Marshall, William L. Webb, H. 
W. Frost, A. Gastaver. 

State Savings Bank, 49 Broad street. Capital and Resources, 
$150,000 ; Isaac S. Cohen, Prest ; Lee Loeb, Vice-Prest.; R. B. 
Gihthrist, Cashier. Directors : Jno B. Reeves, Lee Loeb, E. 
S, Burnham, I. V. Bardin, Isaac S.Cohen. 

BAKERS. 

F. Heinz & Son, Kino: Street. 

0. G. Marjenhoff, 147, 149 and 151 Church Street. 

BAKERS' SUPPLIES. 

0. G. Marjenhoft, 147, 149, 151 Church Street. 

BICYCLE DEALERS. 

Cameron & Barkle}^ Co., 160, 164 Meeting Street (Imperial, 
Windsor and Czar.) 

Charleston Cycle Co, 310 King Street. (Columbias.) 
Muckenfuss & Harvey, King Street, Y. M. C. A. Building. 
Helical Premier, Erie and others.) 
A. S. Thomas, 211, 213 King Street. (Sterhng.) 
Valk & Murdock Iron Works, 12, 20 Hasell Street- (War- 
wick Perfection Cushion Frame.) 

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AVithin a very few years a church was erected on the site 
occupied by tlie present edifice. Twice their buildings 
were destroyed by fire and the congre«^atioii scattered. In 
1843 the present small, but very pretty building was erected. 

This has a peculiar interest from its historic associations, 
and the handsome tablets on its wall commemorating the 
principal founders. 

This congregation is the only one in America that adheres 
to the original liturgy of the French Protestant Church— 
the services were for upwards of a hundred and fifty years 
conducted in French, but about the time of there-opening 
of the Church, a translation was made. 

Topography in 1704. 

A Plan of Charles-Town, as laid out by John Culpepper 
in 1680, with the buildings and fortifications, in 1704, by 
Edward Crisp, gives us a curious view of the topography 
of the city in its very earlv days. 

The boundaries then were, on the north, a creek running 
where the market now stands; on the east Cooper River, 
the bank of which v/as a good deal further in than nov/, the 
water covering the space now occupied by the offices, ware- 
houses, &c., east of East Bay street; on the south, a creek 
known as Vander Horst's Creek, and covering what is now 
Water Street, while the western boundary was a little 
beyond Meeting Street. The intersection of Broad and 
Church Streets, was about the central point of the town. 

On the east side of Bay Street, direcily opposite Broad, 
was the Court of Guards or (iarrison. 

At or near the western limit, where the City Hall now 
stands, was the Public Market Opposite was the English 
Church, (St. Philip's,) on the site of the present 8t. 
Michael's, 

The site of the Court House was a large pond, probably 
artificial, the earth having been dug out to erect defences. 

The French Church, the Independent, and the Baptist, 
were on the sites now occupied by them respectively. 

There was a Quaker Meeting House, but that was outside 
of the limits of the town, on a lot on the east side of King 
street a short distance below Queen, where some grave 
stones may still be seen, 

Tradd's house stood on the Northwest corner of Tradd 
and East Bay Streets, This was the birth place of Robert 
Tradd, said to have been the first child born in the town. 

Langrave Thomas Smith's house, was on the southwest 
corner of East Bay and Longitude Lane. On the lot in 
rear of this, it is believed that the first rice raised in Caro- 
lina was ]Dlanted about the year 1693. 

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Ride the Best Bicycle ! 

COLUMBIA'S ARE STANDARD OF THE WORLD 1 

PUTY! x?^==''^''^^^^^f^'^=%^ SPEED! 
COMFORT! (( J^^^m ( \ 1) SAFETY r 



$100 to all alike. We have Hartford's and Crawford's) at 
980, $75, $60, $50 and $40. Wheels rented, repaired, nickel 
plated and enameled. We have a repair man with 14 years 
experience in charg-e of repair shop. All work g^uaranteed. 
All we ask is a trial. 

CHARLESTON CYCLE CO., 

K. B. WELCH, 9Iana^er, 

312 KING STREET. 



BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS. 

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 3 and 5 Broad and 117 East 
Bay Streets. 

BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS. 

B. Doscher, 242 Meeting st. 
Isaac Hammond, 10 Broad st. 

C. L. Legerton, 282 King st. 
A, W. Pviecke, 311 King st. 

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 3 & 5 Broad and 117 E. Bay. 

BOOTS & SHOES-(Retail.) 

T. M. Bristol & Son, 236 King>t. 
Jas. D. Nelson,. 320 King st. 

BOOTS & SHOES-CWholesale) 

Brown-Evans Co., 226 Meeting st. 

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The town consisted in all of eight streets and one alley, 
viz : Tradd, Elliott, Broad and Queen, (or Dock St., as it was 
first called,) running east and west, and Bay Union, (now 
State,) Church and Meeting Streets running North and 
South. 

Bastions at the all salient points connected by earth 
works defended the inhabitants from foreign enemies and 
the neighboring Indians, and practically made Charles- 
Town a walled city. 

(^\ie I^G\;olution of 1719-(^l7arlGsfpoWn 
under tl7G Kin^. 

The P rovince o f Carolina 

was up to this time under the exclusive government of 
the Lords Proprietors, administered by a Governor and 
Council, appointed by and representing them, according 
to the laws laid down in the famous fundamental Consti- 
tutions, or rather according to sets of " Instructions " issued 
by the Proprietors, as it was found impossible to put the 
Constitutions into practical effect. 

Discontent of the people with this form of government 
culminated, in 1719, in a successful effort by which the 
Proprietary Governor, Robert Johnson, was deposed, and 
James Moore was installed by the people as their Governor, 
subject to the diiect authority of the British Crown. Ten 
years later the Proprietors formally surrendered their char- 
ter, and at the same time the Province was divided into 
North and South Carolina. 

South Carolina became then a Royal Province, and a fa- 
vorite one, and Charles Town grew and flourished, ranking 
with the first cities of America. 

To this period belongs the foundation of many religious, 
charitable and educational institutions, a large proportion 
of which exist to the present day. 

1729— St Andrew's Society, 

founded 1720, by Scotchmen, for charitable purposes, is 
the oldest Society in Charleston. The Society owned a flne 
hall in Broad street, (the place of meeting of the Secession 
Convention) which was destroyed by the fire of 18dl. The 
lot on which it stood is owned by Captain F. W. Wagener, 
and is still vacant. 

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CONFEDERATE .rpn-nyc 

FLAGS, BADGES LEGEBTDHS 

BOOK STORE, 

AND SOUVENIRS .s^kingst. 

BROKERS— BONDS:& STOCK. 

E. M. Moreland, 29 Broad st. 

BUILDERS' MATERIALS & SUPPLIES. 

South-Eastern Lime and Cement Co., 276, 278 East Bay. 

CANDY MANUFACTURERS 

F. Heinz & Son, 387-241 Kinj: st. 

0. G. Marjenhoff. 147, 149, 151 Church st. 

CARPET DEALERS. 

Mutual Carpet Co.. 247 King st. 

CARRIAGE MAKERS. 

E. "W. Benedikt.'^Wentworth and Meeting sts. 

CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.-(Retail.) 

Gotjen, Anton & Co., King and Market sts. 
A. W. Riecke, oil King Street. 

CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.-(Wholesale.) 

O. G. Marjenhoff, 147, 149, Icl Church Street. 

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1736— The South Carolina Society 

was founded by Huguenots, and was known origin- 
ally as the Two-Bit Club, from the small sum (two bits 
or four half pence) contributed at every meeting by 
each member, for the relief of the indigent among 
them. It was incorporated in 1751. Larger subscrip- 
tions and many donations and bequests increased the funds 
of the Society rapidly, and it became one of the wealthiest 
in the community. Besides pensioning the widows and or- 
phans of its members, a free school was established by the 
Society, which for some years previous to the establishment 
of a free school system by the city, gave education of a 
large number of children. For the purposes of this school 
and the jjeneral meetings of the Society, the hall on 
the east side of Meeting street, above Tradd, was built. On 
the front of the colonade, which extends over the side walk, 
the seal of the Society is represented, a hand, holding an 
olive brancn with the legend " Poster Itati.^^ 

' ^d Presbyterian(Scotch) Churc h, S.W. cor. Meet i ng & Tradd. 

In the year 1731 the strict Presbyterians among the con- 
gregation "of the Independent Church left it and established 
a Church for themselves after the form of the Church of 
Scotland. They were incorporated in 1784. They erected a 
church on the lot at the corner of Meeting and Tradd 
Streets, which was replaced by the present massive struc- 
ture. The interior of this Church was remodeled after the 
earthquake of J 8815, and the contrast between the stern, al- 
most rugged exterior, and the highly finished, comfortable 
interior is striking. In the Church and its adjoining cem- 
etery may be seen the monuments of its founders and the 
names of some of the best known families of the commu- 
nity. 

Charleston Library Building, N W. cor. Broad & Church Sts. 

The Charleston Library Society was organized in 1748, 
being the third Library established in America. It was 
chartered in 1754. The' books were at first kept at the resi- 
dence of the Librarian, then in the third story of the State 
House, (now the Court House.) In 1778, the collection of 
books, already very valuable, was destroyed by fire. The 
Library now numbers only some 20,000 volumes, but among 
these are an unusual number of rare and valuable works. 

In 1835 the present building, erected for and occupied by 
the South Carolina Bank, was purchased by the Society. 

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James M, Eason, Prest 

State Agents for sale of 




Eugene L. Tessier, Jr., Sec. & Treas. 

SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO. 

232 MEETING STREET. 

Importers of Tin Plate. 

AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN STOVES, METALS 
AND TINNERS' SUPPLIES. 

Manufacturers Tobacco Barn Flues. 



CLOTHING.— (Wholesale.) 

Brown-Evans Co., 226 Meeting Street. 
T. A. Wilbur & Son, 211 Meeting Street. 

CLOTHING.-dletail.) 

Bentschner & Visanska, 2o2 King Street. 
J. L. David & Bro., 278, 281 King Street. 

CONFECTIONERY. 

Gotjen, Anton & Co., King and Market Streets. 
F. Heins & Son, 887-241 King Street. 

CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 

Wm. L. Webb, 215 Meeting Street. 

DENTIST. 

Dr. J. A Miles, 09 Hasell st. 

DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS -(Retail. 

J. R. Read & Co., 249 King Street. 
The Bon Marche, 259 Kinj; Street. 



DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.-( Wholesale 

T. R. McGahan & Co., 228 Meeting Street. 
T. A. Wilbur ct Son, 211 Meeting Street. 

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(;l7arlGS-tor\darin^ -tljG I|G\)olufior\ary 09ar 

The Revolution of 1776. 



Carolina was a favorite province with the British Gov- 
ernment, and Charles-Town, its chief city, flourished under 
the Royal rule, but the spirit of resistance to encroachments 
on their liberties, and a warm sympathy with the other 
American Colonies brouglit her people early into the Revolu- 
tionary struggle. Nowhere was the Stamp Act more 
vigorously opposed, and the odious Tea tax was resisted in 
Charles-Town in a manner, not so dramatic as in Boston, 
but quite as effectual, the consignees of the cargoes them- 
selves refusing to receive the tea and destroying such as 
was landed openly and of their own will. 

The first blood shed in the war was in the famous battle 
of Fort Moultrie, June 28th, 1776, when the little palmetto 
fort on Sullivan's Island, where the present fort stands^ 
successfully repulsed a powerful British fleet. 

Charles-Town had her full share of the horrors of war. 
On the 12th of May, 1780, after a siege of four months and 
a heavy bombardment, the city was surrendered to the 
British and held under military rule until evacuated by 
them December 14th, 1782. 

There are venerable buildings and interesting relics still 
to be seen connected with this period of the city's history. 

St. Michaers Church, s. e cor. Meeting and Broad Sts. 

An Act of Assembly in 1751, divided Charles-Town into 
two Parishes, St. Pliilip's and St. Michael's, that south of 
Broad Street to be called St. Michael's, and a parish church 
to be built "on or near the place where the old church of 
St. Philip stood." The church was opened for worship 
February 1st, 1761. The bells and clock were brought from 
England in 1761 and the organ in 1768. 

At the evacuation of Charles-Town by the British in 1782, 
Major Traille, of the Royal Artillery, took possession of the 
bells as a military perquisite and shipped them to England; 
a Mr. Ryhiner purchased them in London and sent them 
back in 1783. During the late war they were sent to Colum- 
bia, S. C, for safety and when Gen. Sherman burned that 
city in 1865, two were stolen and the rest so injured as to be 
useless. In 1866 they were again shipped to England, re- 
cast by the successors of the firm which had originally 
made them from the same patterns and again returned to 
Charleston and replaced in the belfry on 21st March, 1867. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



An\Jthing Wanted 



THAT'S 
OUR 
WAY. 



In Serviceable 1^'I.OTH KS, irATS or UKDER. 
WEAR for yonrself or Boy? You're apt to 
find it here. 

One Hnndred €ent» of g'ood value for every 
Dollar spent with ns. and money back for nn> 
satisfactory purchases. 



J. L. DAVID & BRO., 

*»= BEST WEARABLES FOR MEN AND BOYS. -^3& 



DRUGS. 

G. W. Aimar & Co., King & Vanderhorst sts. 
Palmetto Pharmacy, 286-288 Kii)g Street. 

FLAGS AND BADGES. 

C. L. Legerton, 282 King Street. 

FRUITS. -(Wholesale.) 

C. Bart & Co., 77, 79, 81 Market Street. 
H. Bayer & Son, 134 Meeting Street, 

FURNITURE. 

W. P. Sellers, 196, 198 King Street. 
A. S. Thomas, 211, 213 King Street. 

GASOLINE, GASOLINE STOVES AND ALUMINUM 

WARE. 

Adam Roessler, 250 Meeting Street. 

GROCERIES--(Retail.) 

Gotjen, Anton & Co., corner King and Market Sts. 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 

8t. Michael's is the most interesting monument of Colonial 
days to be found in Charleston. 

The Old Post Office— Formerly the " Exchange ' ^ 

In 1767 an Act was passed by the General Assembly for the 
building of an " Exchange and Custom House and New 
Watch House for the service of the Government,'' and the 
commissioners appointed under this Act gave the contract 
for the work to Messrs. Peter and John Horlbeck, one of 
whose descendants now possesses the original contract. 

The work was completed in 1771. and the building used 
as an Exchange for the merchants of the city and for a 
Custom House. 

During the occupation of Charleston by the British, 1780- 
81, it was taken for the '' Provost " of the commandant and 
the cellars were used as a prison for the citizens arrested by 
the military authorities. In one of these cellars Col. Isaac 
Hayne was confined and thence led to execution. 

Gen. Washington appeared before the citizens of Charles- 
ton on the steps of this building on his visit to the city in 
1791, and the grand concert and ball given in his honor 
were held here. The building was sold to the United 
States Government in 1818, for a Postoffice and has beea 
so used until the completion of the new Government build- 
ing. It is proposed again to obtain it for the city for its 
original purpose of an Exchange for merchants. 

Pringle House, w. siie of King St., Second Above LambolL 

This is one of the oldest houses in Charleston, and is 
probably the best preserved and most elegant specimen of 
Colonial architecture. It was built by Miles Brewton about 
1765. He, with his whole family, was lost at sea and the 
house passed to his three sisters, one of wliom, Mrs. Re- 
becca ^lotte, famous in Bevolutionary story, was living in 
it at the time of the occupation of the city by the British— 
1781-2. The house was taken by Sir Henry Clinton as head- 
quarters, and after him by Lord Rawdon, 

When the United States forces occupied Charleston, 1865. 
this house was again selected as the headquarters of the 
commanding general. 

The William Washington House. 

The large wooden house at the northwest corner of South 
Battery and Church Street, now the residence of Mr. R. B. 
Dowie, belongs to the Colonial period, and was the property 
of Colonel William Washington, of Revolutionary fame. 
It was here that Mrs. Washington, in 1827, presented her 

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ITEMS OF rCCKET II^TEEEST ]N CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



VISIT THE PALMETTO PHARMACY. 

At their WEW SIOKF, 2H6 * 288 KINU STREET, 
Next l»oor to the "TEAPOT." 

Sg^cial Fri:ss is Ull Ie|art!r,eiiis lor a h k]i\ 

FINEST ICE COOL DRINKS IN THE CITY, 
AND LARGEST DRUG STORE. 



HARDWARE. 

Cameron cc Barkley Co., 160-164 Meeting Street. 
Marshall, Wescoat & Co., 207 Meeting Street. 



HATS AND CAPS.-( Retail.) 

Bentschner & Visanska, 252 King Street. 
J. L. David & Bro., 279, 281 King Street. 
J. R. Johnson & Son, 253 King Street, opposite Hasell. 



HOTELS. 

St. Charles, Meeting and Hasell. 

HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. 

R. J. Morris, 130 King St. 
Mutual Carpet Company, 247 King St. 
Shepherd Supply Company, 232 Meeting St. 
A. S. Thomas, 211, 213 King St. 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTERES T IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 

husband's battle flag— the famous Eutaw flag— to the Wash- 
ington Light Infantry. 

Judge Hey ward's House, wher eWashington was Entertained 

The house No. 87 Church Htreet, east side, above Tradd, 
now occupied by Mr. H. W. Fuseler as a residence and 
bakery, is a particularly interesting memorial of the visit 
of General Washington to Charleston in May, 1791. Mr. 
Charles Fraser, irr his Reminiscences, says : "I remember 
*' that the place prepared for his accommodation was that 
^' large three-story, double house in Cburch Street, north of 
*' Tradd, then owned by Judge Hey ward and said to be 
*' superbly furnished for the occasion. He remained here 
"but one week, but it was a week of continued rejoicing 
*' and festivity. 

The Old Magazine, Cumberland Street. 

A curious relic of Continental days is a small octagonal 
brick building with four gables and tile-covered roof stand- 
ing ruinous in an obscure lot in Cumberland street. This 
was a powder magazine. As early as 1770 an Act was 
passed directing the disuse of it, but the war coming on 
powder was stored there until during the siege of the city 
by the British (1780) a shell fell and exploded within a few 
feet of it. It was then abandoned and became private prop- 
erty. It has by some chance escaped entire demolition and 
ought now to be owned by the city and preserved as a me- 
mento of the olden times. 

1766-1770— The Statue ofWm. Pitt in Washington Square 

is a peculiarly interesting Revolutionary relic. Its his- 
tory is briefly but clearly given on the two panels of its 
base. 



Mfter tl7e l^e\)Glution. 

Charleston Incorporated- 

An Act of the Legislature, August 13, 1783, incorporated 
the " City Council of Charleston." The " Church Wardens 
of the Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael," were directed 
to conduct an election for Wardens— one for each of the 
thirteen wards— and these W ardens were afterwards to hold 
an election for Intendant. 

Richard Hutson was the first Intendant thus chosen. 

The city grew and prospered ; revived the works begun 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



ESTABLISHED 
1832. 



T.M. Bristol &Son. 

FINE FOOTWEAR. 

Ladies', Mens', Misses', and C'liildreus' Low Shoes in Black 
and Colors. Trunks, Bags and Satchels. 

BIG BOOT STORE^ 

236 King: St. CHARl^HSXON, S. C. 



ICE-(Wholesale ) 

H. Bayer & Son, 184 Meeting St, 

Charleston Ice Manufacturing Co., Anson & Market Sts. 



ICE FACTORIES. 

Charleston Ice Manufacturing Co., Anson & Market Sts. 

ICE CREAM. 

F. Heinz & Son, 387-241 King St. 

INSURANCE. 

C. T. Lowndes & Co., 14 Broad Street, General Agents Liv- 
erpool & London & Globe. 



ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 

before the war and UDclertook new and more extended 
ones. 
A few may be noted here : — 

The Court House, N. W. Corner Broad and Meeting Streets. 

In the early topography of Charles Town it was noted 
that this site was occupied by a pond. This was filled up 
and the State House erected on the spot. After that v;as 
burned in 1788 and the Legislature had removed its sittings 
to Columbia the present building was erects for the 
County (or District as it was then) Court House. The ex- 
terior has remained unchanged except by the shifting of the 
main entrance, but the interior has been several times re- 
m.odelled. 

1801-1802— City Hall N- E. Cor. Broad and Meeting Streets. 

The square on which this building stands was in Colo- 
nial times the Town market-place. In 1801-2 the building 
was erected by the United States Bank. After the expira- 
tion of the charter of the Bank the City, in 1818, purchased 
it for a City Hall. The very handsome marble pillars and 
facings of the exterior were imported from Italy by a gen- 
tleman of Philadelphia for his private residence. 

The interior, which has more than once been remodeled, 
is now most admirably arranged to contain the Council 
Chamber and all the city offices. In the Council Chamber 
and Mayor's office adjoining are a remarkably interesting 
collection of portraits and busts. 

The Charleston Orphan House, Calhoun Street- 

This noble charity has enlisted the sympathy and received 
the aid of the citizens of Charleston more liberally and con- 
tinuously than any other institution within its limits. 

The Act of incorporation imposed upon the city the duty 
of providing for the poor and maintaining and educating 
poor orphan children. These duties, it may be observed, had 
in Colonial times devolved upon the Parish authorities, 
that is, the vestries of tha Church of England establishment, 
St. Philip's and St. Michael's. 

In 1792 the City Council passed an Ordinance for the erec- 
tion of an Orphan House and appropriated the lands now 
occupied for that purpose. 

On 12th November, 1792, the cornerstone of the building 
was laid, and two years later the Institution was opened, 
and one hundred and fifteen orphan children received into 
it. In 1855 the present much enlarged and beautiful 
building was completed. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



G" *" GIxARKE; 

P 



EOPLE'S 
OPULAR 



-I-XZX3 PUSHING 

ROGRESSIVE 
HOTOGRAPHER 



Photographic Views of Charleston, Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, &c. 
265 King Street, Charleston. S. C. 



IRON WORKS. 



Charleston Iron Works, Pritchard, near East Bay 
Valk & Murdoch Iron Works, J 2-20 Hasell St. 



JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE. 

James Allan & Co., 285 King St. 
S. Thomas & Bro., 257 King St. 



MACHINERY. 

Cameron & Barkley Company, 160-164 Meeting St. 

MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS. 

Thomas H. Reynolds, 122-128 King St. 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 



The Central Market, Meeting Street, 

was established betweeu 1788 and 1804, It extends from 
Meeting to East Bay Street, The Market Hall, fronting 
Meeting Street, is an imposing structure, its cornices appro- 
priately adorned with bulls' heads. 

The Unitarian Church, east-side of Archdale St., 

Was erected just before the Revolutionary War for a 
branch of the Congregationalist Church. The congrega- 
tion adopted the Unitarian Doctrine under the pastorate 
of the Kev. Anthony I'Dster about 1817. The present build- 
ing was erected on the old foundations and walls and 
dedicated in 1854. It is a peculiarly beautiful piece of 
architecture in what is known as the ''Perpendicular" 
style of the Gothic. Recently a large and perfectly ap- 
pointed Sunday-JSchool and Pastor's residence has been 
erected next, south of the Church, through the munifi- 
cence of a member of the congregation. 

St. John's Lutheran Church, cor. Archdale & Clifford Sts. 

This represents the oldest German Congregation in the 
city, i'hey built a church as early as 1759, and were incor- 
porated in 1783. The present building was completed and 
dedicated January 8, 1818. 

This church is inseparably connected with the memory 
of the venerable Dr. John liachman for sixty years its pas- 
tor, distinguished not only for his piety and good works, 
but also for his high attainments and as the friend and co- 
laborator of Andubon. The interior of the Church has been 
quite recently remodeled and greatly beautified. 

Bethel Methodist Epis'l Church, W. side Pitt, cor. Calhoun. 

The Methodist Church was organized in America in 1784, 
and at once took root in Charleston. A wooden building 
was erected on the site above mentioned in 1795, and that 
building, now removed to an adjacent lot in the rear, is used 
by a colored congregation. The present Church was dedi- 
cated in 1853, and is a simple but finely proportioned struc- 
ture. 

St. Mary's Church— Roman Catholic— Hasell Stre et -^ 

Was the first Roman Catholic Church in South Carolina, 
and on its walls and its Cemetery may be seen the memo- 
rials of the early meubers of that faith in the city. The 
site has been in occupation since 1789, the present is the 
third building erected there, and was built about 1840. It 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT.^ 



(j et g Fort Sumter Souvenir Spoon 
OR CONFEDERATE BUTTON 

FROM 

3f attics ^llan St Co«^ 

JEWELERS, 

285 KING STREET. 




MATTINGS AND OILCLOTH. 

Mutual Carpet Company, 247 King St. 

MEN'S FURNISHINGS. 

Bentschner & Visanska, 252 King St. 

J. L. David & Bro., 279, 281 King St. 

J, R. Johnson & Son, 253 King St , opposite Hasell. 



NEWS DEPOTS. 



B. Doscher, 242 Meeting St. 

C. L. Legerton, 282 King St. 
A. W. Riecke, 311 King St. 



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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 



has recently been renovated and improved, and a new and 
very fine organ provided. 

Roman Catholic Cathe dral, Sb. Fiabar's, Broad Street. 

Corner-stone laid in 1852 and the Church dedicated 1854*^ 
It was the handsomest church building in Charleston, was 
destroyed in the great fire, December, 1861, since which 
time the services have been conducted in the Cathedral 
Chapel on Queen Street. 

In 1881 a large bequest was made by a member of the con- 
gregation and the building now in process of erection was 
begun on the same design as the former one. 

The Hebrew Synagogue, Hasell Street. ^ 

A Hebrew congregation existed in Charleston in 1750. Irt 
1795 they purchased the site of their present Synagogue. It 
is a very handsome building, not situated so as to show to 
advantage, but well worthy of examination. Its member- 
ship is large and the congregation well sustained. 

College of Charleston, George, Green, St. Philip & College. 

The College was chartered in 1785 and established in a 
brick building on the line of College Street used by the 
British during the Revolution as barr'icks, and after 
that by the Kev. Robert Smith, (afterwards first Bishop of 
South Carolina) as a school-house. The first Commence- 
ment was in 1794. In 1828 a new building was erected to- 
which was added subsequently, extensive wings. The Col- 
lege has been the " Alma Mater '' of many of the most dis- 
tinguished citizens of the State. It is well equipped and 
possesses a remarkably fine Museum of Natural History — 
as well as ari excellent Library, chiefly of classical litera- 
ture. 

The High School, n. w. cor. Meeting and George Sts., 

Is a City Institution for classical education. It has long^ 
filled a useful place, and in recent years there being less 
competition from private schools, has rapidly advanced in 
its standards and the number of scholars. In 1880, the 
present building, formerly the residence of Hon. Mitchell 
King, was purchased and the school removed from its for- 
mer smaller quarters in Society Street. Recent additions 
have been made in the building and all the equipments of 
a first-rate modern school have been supplied. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 

If you Wish ™ **^*= """Bri'^Tor^B "" ''"''^''' 

.^^BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPERS, &c. 

or 

STatnes 3). ISelson, 

320 KINS STREET, - - CHAELESTON, S. 0. 

H£ADQVARTF.RS FOR HONFST GOODS. 



OFFICE FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. 

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Conipany, 3 & 5 Broad and 117 

East Bav Sts. 



OILS. 

Cameron & Barkley Co., 160-1C4 Meeting St. 

OIL GAS STOVES. 

R. J. Morris, 130 King «t. 

PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. 

Wm. M. Bird & Co, 205 East Bay. 
Jas. Ackerman & Co., 177 King st. 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 



Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Queen St. 

was chartered in 1852, succeeding a School of Medicine 
organized in 1822, under the auspices of the Medical Society 
of South Carolina. It has always had the support of the 
leading members of tlie medical profession in the city and 
numbers among its graduates men of national reputaiiont. 
The College is now in active operation, graduating large 
classes every year — h«,s a full and able corps of Professors^ 
keeps fully abreast of the times, but adheres to the three 
years' course and a rigid standard of excellence to obtain its 
diploma. 

The Citadel— Marion Square. 

The idea of a State Military School to take the place of 
the company of soldiers kept as a magazine guard at the 
Citadel in Charleston and the Arsenal in Columbia, origi- 
nated with Governor John P. Richardson in 1841. and by 
1843 the schools wei'e established, separately at first, but 
soon united under one control. The Academy soon rose te 
a high place among the educational institutions of the 
South, and its graduates have occupied the most con- 
spicuous places in military and civil life. The Battery 
which fired on the " Star of the West," when she attempted 
to relieve Fort Sumter in 1861, was manned by the Citadel 
Cadets. The Cadets served on all occasions of emergency 
in and around Charleston during the war, and in December, 
1864 went into active service, and so continued until the 
close of hostilities. The Academy buildings were used as 
barracks by the Federal troops while they garrisoned the 
city, and during their occupation the west wing was 
burned. In 1882, through the exertions of some of its 
graduates the Academy was re-opened here, and has since 
had a flourishing existence- Its standard of education is 
high, and in military drill and discipline it is recognized in 
the reports of the United States inspecting officers as being^ 
in the first rank of military schools in the country. 

On Marion Square may be seen a specimen of the old 
" Tapia," or more commonly called "Tabby" work, part 
of the old Revolutionary lines of defence. 



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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 

O. G. MARJENHOFF, 

147, 149, 151 Church St., - CHARLESTON, S. C. 

TELEPHONE 399. 



BHEAD, BISCUITS, CHfiDIES, 

CIGARS RfiD TOBACCOS, 

BAI^Et^S' SUPPIiIES. 

Agent FLEISCHMANN'S COMPRESSED YEAST. 



PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS. 
Jas. Ackermaii, 177 King st. 

PANTS, SHIRTS & UNDERWEAR MANUFACTURERS. 

Phillips & Meyers, 233 Meeting st. (Pants a specialt3\) 

PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

Dowling, the veteran in Photography, 303 King st. 

W. D. Clark, 265 King st. 

W. B. Austin, Vandyke Studio, 310 King st. 

PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES. 

€. L. Legerton, 282 King st. 



ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 

CHARLESTON 

Durir\^ tl7G Period of +I7G (confederacy. 



Dec. 20, 1860— The Ordinance of Secessio n, 

passed by the Convention of the State of South Carolina, 
at St. Andrew's Hall, No. 118 Broad St., was ratified that 
•evening at the So. Ca. Institute Hall, No. 134 Meeting St. 
Both buildings were destroyed in the great fire of Decem- 
ber 1861. 

Dec. 26, 1860— Fort Moultrie Evacuated, 

and Fort Sumter occupied by Maj. Anderson, command- 
ing U. S. troops. 

Dec. 27-30, 1860— U. S. Forts, Arsenal, and Property Seized 

Jan. 9, 1861— The first gun of the War fired 

at the transport steamer " Star of the West," attempting 
to reinforce Fort Sumter, but stopped by the guns of the 
Morris Island battery, manned by Cadets of the S. C. Mili- 
tary Academy. Although struck, the steamer was not in- 
jured but returned to New York without communicating 
with Fort Sumter. Maj. Anderson refrained from return- 
ing the fire, but demanded an explanation of the Governor 
of the State. 

April 12-14, 1861— Fort Sumter bombarded. 

Soon after ihe organization of the Southern Confederacy, 
General Beauregard was ordered to conduct military opera- 
tions against Fort Sumter. When it became known that 
B, second attempt to relieve the garrison would be made by 
the Federal government, preparations for attack were hast- 
ened ; and, when completed, the surrender of the Fort was 
demanded by the Confederates. The demand being re- 
fused, the batteries from Sullivan's, Morris' and James Is- 
lands, were opened according to notice, before daylight on 
the 12th of April. Firing from these, was maintained for 
thirty-three hours, and replied to by the Fort. At length, 
on the second day, the quarters having been set on fire by 
hotshot, and the smoke becoming intolerable, the fort was 
surrendered. The garrison, after saluting their flag, were 
conveyed by the Confederates, April 14th, to the three gun- 
boats and a troop-ship, which had come to their aid, but 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 

10 CENT-S '"°"""^ LUNC H 

CONSISTING OF DELICIOUS 

ICE CREAM # LIGHT CAKES. 

F. HEINZ & SON. 

ICE CREAM PARLOUS, - 387-241 KING STREET. 



PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTERS. 

K. J. Morris, 130 King st. 

PRINTERS, BINDERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS. 



Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 3 and 5 Broad and 117 East 
Bay sts. 



RESTAURANTS. 

F. Heinz & Son, 387, 241 King st. 



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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 



had remained idle spectators of the bombardment. Em- 
barking on these, the garrison were tai^en to New York. 
But few casualties liad occurred on either side. The use of 
iron-plating for the protection of batteries, and of a rifled 
cannon imported from England, marked the introduction 
of these two elements by the Confederates into American 
warfare. 

May 11th, 1861— The Blockade of Charleston Harbor, 

begun by the steam-frigate Niagara, was maintained sub- 
sequently by a large squadron of armored vessels and wood- 
en gun-boats. 

June 16th, 1862— Battle of Secessionville, 

James Island, five miles from Charleston. Union troops 
assault the earthworks with a full division and are re- 
pulsed with a loss of nearly seven hundred men. The Con- 
federates, numbering 750 in the works, lost but two hundred 
and four. The Union troops evacuated James Island early 
in the next month. 

Jan. 30th, 1863 -Capture of the U. S. Gunboat, Isaac Smith 

The Federal gunboat, Isaac Smith, (eleven guns) was 
captured in Stono River, six miles from the city, by a com- 
bination of light-artillery and infantry in ambuscade on 
James and John's Islands; prisoners were taken, to the 
number of 11 officers and 108 men, among whom were 24 
casualties. 

Jan. 31st. 1863— Attack by Confederate Gunboats. 

The two Confederate armored gun-boats. Palmetto State 
and Chicora, newly completed in Charleston, attacked the 
blockading squadron before daylight, driving the vessels 
off*, four or five miles outside the bar. Two of the block- 
aders were temporarily disabled and surrendered, but man- 
aged to escape, with forty-seven casualties on board. This 
attack came near to being a great success. The Confederate 
boats were unhurt, but being very slow were unable to 
secure the fruits of victory. 

Tebruary 13th, 1863— Running the Blockade. 

Three steamers with cotton run the blockade, and one 
enters from Nassau, N. Providence, this night. 

March 28th— U. S. Torces occupy Stone Inlet and Islands- 

Occupation of Cole's and Folly Islands and Stono En- 
trance by U. S. forces uuder General Hunter. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 

(harlcston Ice /Vlfg. Co. 
Pure Crvjstul 

PACKED ICE FOR COUNTRY TRADE A SPECIALTY. 

IT. E. Cor. Market and Church Sts. 



RUBBER STAMPS AND SUPPLIES 

"Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 3 and 5 Broad and 117 East 
Bay sts. 



SADDLERY AND HARNESS. 

F. H. Warren, 223 Meeting st. 

SHADES AND DRAPERIES. 

Mutual Carpet Co., 247 King st. 



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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 



Apr. 7th, 1863— The Repulse of the Iron-Clad Squadron- 

Rear Admiral DuPont, commanding an iron-clad squad- 
ron of eight monitors ^nd the steam frigate New Ironsides, 
attacked Fort Sumter, drawing the fire of the Sullivan's 
Island batteries also. In an action of two hours and thirty 
minutes, five out of the nine vessels were disabled, and one 
of these, the Keokuk, sank off Morris Island next morning. 
The fori with a garrison of 550 men, commanded by Col. 
Rhett, First 8. C. Artillery, was seriously damaged 
in two or three places, but made ready to renew the fight 
next day. The casualties on both sides were slight. Union, 
23 ; Confederate, (>. This memorable repulse of the armored 
vessels proved the readiness of the South, in at least one 
place, to meet the strongest effort of the United States 
Navy. In point of both armament and power of resistance, 
it was the most formidable naval attack made up to that 
time, in this, or any other country. The squadron carried 
a total of thirt5'-twoguns, apportioned as follows :— twenty- 
two of eleven inches, smooth bore, seven of fifteen inches, 
(s. h.) and three Parrot rifie cannon of eight inches calibre. 
The Confederates had many guns of no value against 
armored vessels, and none heavier than the smooth-bore 
ten-inch Columbiads. An important place in the action was 
filled by the rope-obstruction across the channel, between 
Fort Sumte? and Sullivan's Island. This, buoyed with beer- 
kegs for floats, was supposed to be a line of torpedoes, and 
efiiectually stopped the advance of the entire squadron into 
the inner harbor. The attack was not renewed, the Rear 
Admiral deciding against so doing, and being removed on 
that account from command of the squadron. Three or 
four of the armored vessels were under repair for several 
weeks after the action. Mr. Swinton, the war correspond- 
ent of the North, wrote at the time : — "As one of the leading 
actions of the war, the battle of Charleston Harbor passes 
into history and takes its place there. As a contribution to 
the world's experience in the art of iron-clad warfare, it 
passes into science and opens an epoch there." The land- 
forces, under General Hunter, took no part in the move- 
ment, but remained on Folly Island, until after the naval 
action. 

April 9, 1863— Federal Signals Read by the Confederates^ 

The key having been discovered, signals made between 
the fleet and the land forces of the United States were read 
by the defenders of Charleston from this date onward. This 
advantage was not always available, but did serve a purpose 
occasionally. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



S. E. WELCH. E. W. WYNNE. 



Importers and Wholesale Dealers in 



77, 79 & 81 Market St., - CHARLESTON, S. C. 



SOUVENIR SPOONS. 
Jas. Allen & Co., 285 King st. 

STOVES AND TINWARE. 

E. J. Morris, 130 King st. 
Shepherd Supply Co., 232 Meeting st- 

TAILORS. 

John Rngheimer, 169 King st. 

TIN PLATES AND SHEET METALS. 

Shepherd Supply Co., 232 Meeting st. 



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April-May, 1836— An Imperfect Blockade of Charleston. 

By official returns of the Collector it appears that during 
these two months 15 vessels entered, 21 cleared the port^ 
while 10,003 bales of cotton were exported The total re- 
ceipts of customs were $138,520. The blockade squadron 
was large and vigilant, but was continually eluded by small, 
swift steamers, (Clyde-built)running between Charleston 
and Nassau, a port in the Bahama Islands, In return for 
cotton the vessels brought back arms, manufactured goods 
and supplies for public and private benefit. 

April -May, 1863— Recovery of the Guns of the ''Keokuk.'^ 

This bold and brilliant achievement by the Confederates 
occupied about three weeks of limited night-work. It was 
conducted with great perils and difficulties, but with dis- 
tinguished enterprise and perseverance, enabling Charles- 
ton to become possessed of two of the proudest and most 
formidable trophies of the war, heavy guns, which were 
immediately put to use in the defense of the harbor. 

June-July 10th. 1863.— Descent on Morris Island. 

The Confederates, under Gen. Beauregard, fortified this 
island, being about four miles long, with Battery Gregg at 
its northern end, Cumming's Point, and Battery or Fort 
Wagner three-fourths of a mile farther south. They were 
strong works, heavily armed, particularly Fort Wagner, 
which was largeandformidable, by reason of its approaches, 
bomb-proof construction and armament. Both these works 
-were within range of Fort Sumter's supporting fire. At the 
southern end of the island were some detached works, each 
carrying one gun or mortar, placed to dispute a lauding 
from Light-house Inlet. Between the 7th April and 10th 
July, the Confederate forces had been reduced one-half 
against General Beauregard's earnest protests. Only 927 
men, artillery and infantry, were thus available for the de- 
fense of Morris Island, when it was attacked July 10th with 
heavy bombardment from Folly Island, across the narrow 
inlet, and from monitors of the iron-clad squadron, with 
more than four times the number of guns and troops. 

This bombardment of the southern end of Morris Island 
was followed by a landing of 2,000 Federal troops coming 
in barges by the inlet, and carrying every thing before 
them. The Confederates retired after four hours 
fighting, and were covered by Fort Wagner. The losses 
were, Confederate, 294. Federal, 106. The garrison of Fort 
Wagner was reinforced that night. 



ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 



Uenvy Bayer ^ Soi). 

l>irect Importers of 

Bananas, Cocoanuts S Oranges, 

Wholesale Dealers in 



182 & 184 ^ /^^ a ^ Steamsliii) Line to 

Meeting Street, I f 1—^ Central America, 

Charleston, S. C. X V->' J—J W. I. 



TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WORKERS. 

R. J. Morris, 130 King st. 



TOBACCO BARN FLUES. 

Shepherd Suj.ply Co., 232 Meeting st. 



TRAVELLING BAGS. 

Charleston Trunk and Bag Emporium, 319 King Street. 
T. M. Bristol & Son, 236 King st. 



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July 11-18, 1863— Two Assaults on Fort Wagner. 

The first assault was made at early dawn, on the Hth, by 
a column of Federal troops. They were repulsed with a loss 
of 330. The Confederates had only twelve casualties. 

On the morning of the 16th, a demonstration with troops 
and a naval support was made by the Federals, on James 
Island, by the way of Stono Kiver. It was met by the (Jon- 
federates, with loss on their part of 18, and on the Federal 
part of 50. The Union troops left the island that night. 

Gen. Gillmore commanding the Union forces on land, 
with Rear Admiral Dahlgren co-operating by water, had oc- 
cupied the larger part of Morris Island since the 10th. Hav- 
ing failed in one assault of Fort Wagner, he resolved to try 
another, after heavy bombardments of siege batteries and 
armored vessels. On the 18th, after a land and naval bom- 
bardment of uncommon severity, lasting eleven hours, the 
second assault with heavy forces was made at close of day, 
Gen'l. Taliaf<?rro was in command of the Confederates in 
Fori Wagner, about 1,000 men. After a fierce struggle of 
nearly three hours, the Union troops were repulsed with 
heavy loss— reported by them at not less than 1,500. The 
Confederates lost 174. 

The Union commander now determined to change his 
plan in two leading particulars. Fort Wagner was to be 
besieged with regular approaches, and Fort Sumter was to 
be demolished from ground already in his possession, at a 
distance of about 4,000 yards. 

Aug. 4, 1863— Construction of the Marsh Battery. 

by the Federals, between Morris and James Islands. Here 
the 200 pounder rifle, called by them "The Swamp Angel," 
was mounted, and opened fire on Charleston, 7,000 yards 
distant, August 21, 1863, bursting at the 36th round. This 
battery took no further pari in the shelling of the city. 

Aug. 17-Sep.2, 1863— Fort Sumter demolished and silenced. 

The rifled-cannon brought ty Gen. Gillmore, were capa- 
ble of unprecedented range, accuracy and destructive 
power. Fort Sumter was prepared for them by Gen. Beau- 
regard, with such skill of foresight and contrivance as to 
entirely disappoint all hope of surrender. He had the fort 
armament reduced to a mimimum, casemates and rooms 
exposed to breaching filled-in with sand and wet compressed 
cotton-bales, and a new wharf built on the side of the city, 
protected by the fort itself. 

But, when the breaching fire from eighteen rifle-cannon— 
100, 200, and 300 pounders, began to be poured upon the de- 

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Dr. J. ^. iVliles, 



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Established 69 H^lSElili ST., 

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TRUNKS. 

Charleston Trunk and Bag Emporium, 319 King Street. (Re- 
pairing a Specialty.) 
A. S, Thomas, 211, 213 King Street. 
Jas. D. Nelson, 320 King Street.. 
T. M. Bristol & Son, 236 King Street. 



TYPEWRITERS. 

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co,, 3 and 5 Broad and 117 East 
Bay Streets, (Smith Premier,) 



TYPEWRITER REPAIRING. 

Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 3 and 5 Broad and 117 East 
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voted fort, it became evident that its ruin, as a first-class 
fortification of its period, was assured. At tlie end of six- 
teen days, all-day firing:, combined with two night attacks 
by the armored squadron, the fort was silenced, as well as 
demolished. But it was habitable, and the surrender was 
not considered for a moment by the Confederate General. 
It had received nearly 7,000 shot and shell, and its casualties 
had been two killed and 50 wounded. Its first great bom- 
bardment lasted thus sixteen days. 

Sept. 4-6 1863— Morris Island Evacuated. 

Col. Alfred Rhett, commanding Fort Sumter, was relieved 
with complimentary order, assigning him to higher duties, 
on the night of September 4th-5th. His successor was 
Major Stephen El'iott, and the fort became, for a time, an 
infantry post. 

The siege of Fort Wagner had been advancing without 
another assault, luit with the heaviest land and naval fire 
ever concentrated on so small a site. Against its possible, 
but not always efficient armament of twelve guns, the land 
batteries fired 24 rifie-gunsand 17 mortars, while the squad- 
ron added 20 more of the heaviest naval guns ever used. 
The fire of the defense could not be as continuous as that of 
the attack, but it was ^Mgorous and eflfective to delay the 
sappers. These were about completing their work and 
entering the ditch of Wagner, when a fruitless attack in 
small boats was made on Battery Gregg. It was easily re- 
pulsed on the night of the 5th-(3th. 

Finally, after a day of unprecedented fire, Fort Wagner 
and Battery Gregg were evacuated successfully on the night 
of the 6th-7th September, and their garrisons brought to 
Charleston. No more gallant defense had ever been made. 
The subjoined tabulation will prove it. 

GENERAL. SUMMARY FORT WAGNER. 

Total number of projectiles fired against it 18,491 

Estimated total tons of metal fired against it.. 1,416 

Duration of siese (days) 58 

Total number of casualties July to September.. 318 

This loss is not inclusive of that in the two assaults and 
in the landing on Morris Island. 

Sept. 7bh, 1833— Surrender of Ft. Sumter Demanded. 

Rear Admiral L>ahlgren, after demanding the surrender 
of Fort Sumter and being refused, engaged Fort Moultrie 
and the other heavy batteries of Sullivan's Island, late iu 
the afternoon. 

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TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES. 

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Bay Streets, 

UMBRELLAS. 

Bentschner & Visanska, 252 King Street, 
J, L. David & Bro,, 279, 281 King Street. 

UMBRELLA MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS. 

J. R. Johnson & Son, 253 King Street, (Opposite Hasell.) 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S'PAST. 



Se pt. 8th, 1863 —Heavy Naval Attack on Ft. Moultrie > 

The forts and batteries of SuUivau's Island, greatly 
strengthened since the 7th April, were now mounted with 
from seventy to eighty guns, Fort Moultrie being only one 
among eleven or twelve very heavy works. The inner or 
western division of these was the main protection of the 
harbor, since the silencing of Fort Sumter. 

The powerful steam frigate 'New Ironsides,'' with five 
monitors, engaged again the western fortifications for 
three hours, diverting their tire from one of the monitors 
aground off Cumming's Point, and on which these worka 
ol Sullivan's Island had been firing for several hours before 
they were engaged. This became, probably, the severest 
naval battle with shore-batteries fought up to date. While 
the grounded monitor got off tliat afternoon the squadron 
was effectually prevented fron: entering the harbor, or even 
approaching the obstructions between Sumter and Sulli- 
van's Island. The fight was not attended with much 
damage or loss on either side, but the works of Sullivan's 
Island were never again molested after this manner. 

Sept. 8th-9th, 1863— Ft. Sumter Attacked by Small Boats. 

During the fight with Sullivan's Island preparations 
were in progress for a night attack with small boats on the- 
ruins of Sumter. Both Gen. Giilmore and Rear-Admiral 
Dahlgren were arranging for the same thing. But they 
failed to co-operate, and only Dahlgren's boats started on 
the expedition. Two only out of five divisions landed at 
the base of the fort, and were met with so fierce a fire from, 
the infantry of Major Elliott's garrison and the enfilading, 
batteries of the harbor as to withdraw or surrender in 
twenty minutes. 

The attack was made an hour after midnight, and re- 
sulted in disastrous failure ; for while not a man of the gar- 
rison was hurt the naval loss was six killed, fifteen wounded 
and one hundred and six prisoners. 

Sept. 9th-27th 1863— Nineteen Days of Quiet. 

During which the Federals were fortifying the northern 
end of Morris Island, and the Confederates strengthening 
Fort Sumter. 

Sept. 28th— Ft. Sumter's First Minor Bombardment. 

lasting six days. Batteries of James and Sullivan's 
Island fire irregularly on Morris Island. 

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ITEMS OF POCKET INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PRESENT. 

G. W. AIMAR & CO., 

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 

OHOJOE 3DI?.TJC3-S, 

Medicines, Chemicals, 
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, 



' /f Perfumeries and Toilet Articles, 

B^" Cor. Kiii^ and Taiiderhorst Streets. 



John H. Gotjen. P. E. Aktox. J. H. D. Brunings. 

GOTJEN, ANTON & CO., 

GROCERS 




Impofted and Domestic Delicacies, Cigars and Toliacco, 

S. E. COR. KING AM) MARKET STS. 

Telepliuiie 440. 



UPHOLSTERERS. 

Mutual Carpet Co., 247 King Street. 

WAR RELICS. 

G. J. Luhn, 67 Broad Street. Confederate Stamps, Money 
:and Bonds, Cannon Balls, Bayonets, Canteens, Buttons, Etc., 
found on Morris Island. 

WORSTEDS AND EMBROIDERY SILKS. 

Ph. Shuckman, 255 King Street. 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON'S PAST. 

Oct 5th-6t h, ] 863— Attempt to blow up the "New Ironsides.^ ^ 

This night attack with the torpedo-boat "David," under 
Lieut. Glassell, of the Confederate Navy, resulted in no im- 
mediate damage to the vessel, but convinced the Admiral 
that the torpedo was henceforth to be considered "among 
certain offensive means." The brave Lieutenant and one 
of his men were captured, but the boat was brought back 
to the city by two others of the crew. 

A previous attempt, with Capt. Carlin in charge of the 
boat, had been a failure on the night of Aug. 20th-21st, 1863. 

Oct. 26tli— Ft. Sumter's Second Great Bombardment. 

lasting forty-one days and nights, was attended with seri- 
ous loss in men and material. The total of shots fired at 
the fort by land and naval guns and mortars was 18,677. 
The casualties being 30 killed and 70 wounded. But the 
fort repaired nightly most of its damages, and was armed 
again with three heavy guns in the lower casemates oppo- 
site Fort Moultrie. 

Dec. 11th, 1833— Explosion of Magazine in Fort Sumter. 

This was accidental, from some cause never discovered. 
It was a far more serious calamity than the previous bom- 
bardment, for it was attended with fifty-two casualties, and 
a destructive fire, which burnt out the habitable quarters, 
and drove the garrison into crowded and unhealthy shel- 
ters. While the quarters were on fire, the enemy opened 
on the fort firing 220 rounds, which constituted the 
second minor bombardment. This explosion and fire 
miarked a crisis in the fort's endurance ; for, if they had 
oeen followed up with another heavy cannonade, the fort 
might have become untenable, at the end of a week, so 
reduced were the accommodations and even places of safety, 
and so strained and harrassed were the men of the 
garrison. 

Jan.29-31st, 1864— Fort Sumter's third minor Bombardment 

lasting three days, with 583 rounds fired, did no more 
damage than could be repaired. Another Confederate 
armored gunboat, the "Charleston," was added to the har- 
bor defences, after having been built in the city. 

Feb. 12th, 1864— Fort Sumter mounts more Guns, making 

a total of six in casemates. 

Feb. 17-18th 1864— The Housatonic sunk by a Torpedo-boat. 

This fine steam sloop of-war carrying eleven guns, was 
sunk off Charleston bar by a "fish," or diving, torpedo-boat, 

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ITEMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST IN CHARLESTON S PAST. 

attacking the sloop by night, and going to the bottom her- 
self in the attack. Lieut. Dixon of the 21st Alabama Regi- 
ment, perished with his crew of six men. Five of the crew 
of the Housatonic were also drowned, the greater part 
escaping from the sinking vessel. 

March, 1864— Fort Sumter's fourth minor Bombardment, 

with firing of 143 rounds. 
April 20th. 1864— Gen. Beauregard ordered to Virginia, 

relieved by Major- General S. Jones. 
April 28-May 4th, 1864— Fort Sumter's fifth minor Bom- 

bardment, lasting seven days, with 510 rounds. 

May 4th, 1864— Lieutenant-Colonel Elliott relieved in com- 
mand of Fort Sumter by Captain Mitchel. 

May 13-16th, 1864— Fort Sumter's sixth minor Bombard- 

ment, lasting four days, with 1,140 rounds. 

May 26th, 1864— Major-General Foster succeeds General 

Gillmore in command of Union troops. 
May 30-June 5th, 1864— Fort Sumter's seventh minor Bom- 

bardment, lasting eight days, with 319 rounds. 

July 3rd, 1864— Fort Johnson, James Island, attacked. 

An expedition from Morris Island landing on the beach 
between Battery Simkins and Fort Johnson, nearly a thous- 
and strong, Supports failed the charge, and 140 prisoners 
were taken by the Confederates, commanded by Lieutenant- 
Colonel Yates. 

July 3-9th— Fighting on James and John's Island. 

General Foster, planning the capture of Fort Johnson in 
conjunction with movements by land on John's Island, 
and by water on Stono River, was thwarted by the Confed- 
erates in all his attempts. His intrenched position on 
John's Island, threatening to enfilade the James Island 
lines of the Confederates, was carried by their attack, and 
both the land and naval forces were withdrawn the next 
day. Union loss, 330 ; Confederate, 125, or 163. 

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July 7th— Fort Sumter's third great Bombardment. 

lasting sixty days and nights, with a total of 14.666 
rounds fired at the fort, and with 81 casualties. At first 
severe, the damages were soon controlled and repaired. 
Powder-rafts failed entirely to injure the fort. The com- 
mander, Capt. J. C. Mitchel, mortally wounded on the four- 
teenth day. 

July 20th, 1864— The Command of Fort Sumter 

passed to Capt. T. A. Huguenin, succeeding Capt. Mitchel, 
deceased, and continuing in command until the evacuation 
of the city and harbor. 

GENERAL SUMMARY FORT SUMTER, FEB. 1, 1865. 

Total number of projectiles fired against it 46,053 

Total weight in tons of metal thrown (estimate) 3,500 

Total number of days under three great bombard- 
ments 117 

Total number of days under eight minor bombard- 
ments 40 

Total number of days under fire, steady and desultory.. 280 
Total number of casualties (52 killed, 267 wounded...... 319 

Jan. 15th-16th, 1865— Monitor Patapsco sunk by Torpedo 

while on night picket duty between Sumter and Sulli- 
van's Island. Before help could be given them sixty-two 
officers and men were carried down with the vessel, while 
the commander with four officers and thirty-eight men 
made their escape. This was the third of the armored 
squadron sunk off Charleston harbor, the Keokuk and the 
Weehawken having gone down the year before ; the latter 
by accidental foundering at her anchorage. The Housatonic 
was unarmored. 

Feb. 10-12, 1865— Union demonstration on James Island, 

with naval force in Stono River, and attack on rifle-pits. 
In consequence of the entrance into South Carolina of Gen. 
Sherman's army from the direction of Savannah, Georgia, 
the Confederates were preparing to evacuate Charleston, 
and only a small force was left to defend the rifle-pits in 
advance of the James Island lines. The enemy was held in 
check for four hours by these Confederate fighters of the 
rear-guard until one-third of the little force was either 
killed, wounded or captured, the commander himself being 
severely wounded and made prisoner. The naval fire was 
continued on the lines for several days and nights longer. 

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Feb. 12th-16th, 1865— Union demonstration on Bull's Bay^ 

made with land and naval forces, was resisted four days 
by a light battery and a small force of dismounted cavalry. 

Feb. 17-18, 1865— Charleston City and Harbor Evacuated. 

after 567 days of continuous military operations against 
them. Columbia, the capital of the State, occupied by Geii. 
Sherman's army. 

The city of Charleston suffered little damage from the 
firing of the Union batteries on Morris Island. They cov- 
ered with extreme range about one-half of the city, and the 
strain on their rifle-guns, elevated uncommonly, had the 
effect of bursting upwards of fifty of them. This was the 
fate of "The Swamp Angel," after only thirty-five dis- 
charges, and of many others that took up the firing after 
the evacuation of Morris Island by the Confederates in Sep- 
tember, 1863. Heaps of rubbish here and there in the 
streets, and marks of conflagration, caused by explosions, 
were scant fruits of such great eflbrts. In point of military 
ofFensiveness the bombardment of Charleston was a poor 
substitute for not being able to get within the harbor, and 
capture the city. An idea of the amount of this firing may 
be gathered from the returns made for the winter of '63-'64, 
five months. In that period 2,550 shells reached the city, 
being at the rate of \7 per dier)i. 

The city was fortified with lines on the neck, too near to 
be of any great value in operations from that quarter ; and 
on its water-fronts with detached batteries generally armed 
with one gun only. But at White Point Garden, where 
the Ashley joins the Cooper River, there was a work of 
considerable strength, Battery Ramsay, armed with four 
guns, among the heaviest in the harbor. 

Two others, mounted at the lower end of King Street, two 
at the Western end of Tradd St., (Chisolm's Mill) protected 
the Ashley, while two at Vanderhorst's wharf, and one at 
the foot of Cumberland, Laurens and Calhoun Streets, res- 

gectively, protected the Cooper River. Among the public 
uildings, more or less damaged by the firing, were St. 
Philip's and St. Michael's Churches, and the South Carolina 
Society's Hall in Meeting St. One of the first places struck 
was ^o. 12 Broad St., near the old Post Office, where the 
marks are still visible. 



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